In interpreting a release, can the release be interpreted as a whole?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chapman v King, 2010 MBQB 249 (CanLII):
[13] In interpreting a release, the written text must be read as a whole and in the context of the circumstances as they existed when the settlement was reached. The context in which the settlement was reached is essential to the interpretation process; Dumbrell v. Gordon, 2007 ONCA 59 at para. 53-54.
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